an Endocrine Society Thematic Issue
Read our special collection of journal articles focused on women’s health research! Curation of the collection, based on articles published in 2023 and 2024, was guided by Altmetric Attention Scores, article downloads, and Featured Article designations.
In Journal of the Endocrine Society, Ahmad and coauthors report favorable results from a small study on radiofrequency ablation of cervical metastases of papillary thyroid cancer. Dumesic et al. describe a study of cortisol and testosterone levels in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), finding that reduced cortisol may protect against preferential accumulation of fat in the abdomen in normal-weight women with PCOS and normal serum 11-oxyandrogens. Khalid and colleagues use a meta-analysis to conclude that a short-term ketogenic diet can improve the hormonal imbalances associated with PCOS.
In JCEM Case Reports, Iioka and colleagues describe the case of a pregnant woman with Cushing syndrome whose delivery was complicated by placental abruption and who presented a month later with compression fractures. Walfish and associates discuss a case of hyperthyroidism induced by a molar pregnancy. Bhatia et al. report on an instance of spontaneous remission of generalized postpartum lipodystrophy.
In Endocrine Reviews, Marquadt et al. survey “the ever-growing recent evidence of epigenetic contributions to the pathophysiology of endometriosis” and its relevance to the development of new therapies. Mauro and colleagues review findings that call into question the standard narrative that progesterone is protective in ovarian cancer. Eng and associates examine facts supporting the existence of a “non-PCOS female obesity-related secondary hypogonadism.”
In Endocrinology, a mini-review by Flaherty and coauthors summarizes “current understanding of the epidemiological associations between ovarian hormones and lobular breast cancer,” highlighting mechanistic insights. Bae and associates, in another mini-review, discuss the dissemination of circulating tumor cells that seed metastases in prostate and breast cancer but also offer the possibility of early detection. Hancock et al. review cutting-edge studies on estrogen receptor alpha structural and transcriptional relationships that are being harnessed to produce new therapies for breast cancer patients who carry specific mutations.
JCEM carries a report by Retnakaran and Shah indicating that the glucose challenge test can predict future diabetes in pregnant women. Motevalizadeh and associates provide evidence that parity is associated with worse early-pregnancy insulin resistance, an effect aggravated in women who are overweight. And Frey and colleagues describe how parathyroidectomy significantly improved bone mineral density and remodeling biomarkers in women with osteopenia.
Published: June 2024
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